Described herein is a portable cleaning system comprising a reel around which one or more elongated flexible machine components such as roller chains may be wound to withdraw them from a machine, and means to clean and sanitize the components while they are supported on the reel. The reel may be rotatably supported on a cart. The apparatus further includes an enclosure for the reel, and means for introducing a fluid such as steam into the enclosure to clean and sanitize the components.

A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a conveyance portion including a rotary member and an opposing member and configured to convey a sheet in a conveyance nip, an abutting member configured to abut a surface of the rotary member, and a support portion, wherein the support portion supports the rotary member between a first position and a second position with respect to the abutting member, wherein when the sheet is not passing through the conveyance nip, the rotary member is positioned at the first position, and when the sheet is passing through the conveyance nip, the rotary member is positioned at the second position which is more separated from the opposing member than the first position by a thickness of the sheet, and wherein the abutting member abuts the rotary member regardless of which of the first position and the second position the rotary member is positioned at.

A medium processing apparatus includes an intermediate stacker on which media recorded by a recording apparatus are stacked, the recording apparatus including a liquid ejection head which performs recording by ejecting liquid to media and a maintenance apparatus which performs maintenance of the liquid ejection head, and a processor which executes a process on the media received by the intermediate stacker. The medium processing apparatus executes the process after a medium which is last recorded before the maintenance is stacked on the intermediate stacker.

A front end conveyor include a lower deck having a plurality of lower sheet supports, an upstream upper deck having an upstream end at the upstream end of the front end conveyor, a downstream end and a plurality of first upper sheet guides and a downstream upper deck having an upstream end, a downstream end at the downstream end of the front end conveyor, and a plurality of second upper sheet guides. The lower sheet supports and the upper sheet guides define a sheet transport path for moving sheets of material though the conveyor. The downstream end of the upstream upper deck and the upstream end of the downstream upper deck are independently pivotably mounted to the frame such that the upstream end of the upstream upper deck and the downstream end of the downstream upper deck shiftable toward and away from the lower deck.

A method and apparatus for removing particles, such as dust, generated by a moving web is disclosed. A dust control platform is positioned adjacent to a traversing web to catch the particles generated by the web. The particles pass through one or more apertures defined by an accumulation surface. The particles pass through the accumulation surface and into an accumulation chamber. The accumulation chamber may include a sweeping device or other device that may be used to transfer the accumulated particles to a collection chamber. The collection chamber is connected to a vacuum source. Vacuum is applied to the collection chamber by the vacuum source such that the particles are removed from the collection chamber.

A method and apparatus for removing particles, such as dust, generated by a moving web is disclosed. A dust control platform is positioned adjacent to a traversing web to catch the particles generated by the web. The particles pass through one or more apertures defined by an accumulation surface. The particles pass through the accumulation surface and into an accumulation chamber. The accumulation chamber may include a sweeping device or other device that may be used to transfer the accumulated particles to a collection chamber. The collection chamber is connected to a vacuum source. Vacuum is applied to the collection chamber by the vacuum source such that the particles are removed from the collection chamber.

A wiper ring provided includes a ring body and a number of brushes. The ring body has an outer side surface and an inner side surface opposite to the outer side surface. The wiper ring includes a mounting portion located on the outer side surface. The ring body is mounted to a cable through-hole of a charging pile via the mounting portion. The number of brushes are arranged on the inner side surface. Each of the number of brushes has an end fixed to the inner side surface of the ring body and the other end, opposite to the end, faces a center of the ring body or a defined point of the ring body. The number of brushes cooperatively form a through-hole having a diameter less than that of the cable for allowing a cable to pass through. A charging pile using same is also provided.

The present invention relates to a device for transforming a metal slab from coil configuration into sheet configuration, subsequently comprising: a rotatable coil holder (21); at least one align unit; and a separator; wherein the rotatable coil holder, the at least one align unit and the separator are placed in line wherein the rotatable coil holder is provided with at least one air knife (22) that directs an air flow onto the width of the metal slab. The present invention also relates to a method for transforming a metal slab from coil configuration into sheet configuration, comprising the method steps: A) placing a metal slab coil on a rotatable coil holder; B) rotating the metal slab coil and unwinding the coil; C) feeding the unwound metal slab through at least one at align unit; and D) separating individual metal slab sheets wherein an air knife is directs an air flow onto the width of the metal slab before the unwound metal slab is fed through an align unit.

A front end conveyor includes a frame having a first side and a second side, a lower deck including a plurality of sheet supports and an upper deck including a plurality of sheet guides. Upper portions of the sheet supports lie in a first plane, and the plurality of sheet supports and the plurality of sheet guides define therebetween a sheet transport path for moving sheets in a sheet transport direction toward the downstream end of the front end conveyor. At least one helical brush is positioned at the sheet transport path and is configured to engage scrap material on the plurality of sheets. The conveyor also includes a drive configured to rotate the helical brush.

A front end conveyor has an upstream end and a downstream end, a lower deck including a plurality of primary sheet supports and an upper deck including a plurality of sheet guides. Upper portions of the primary sheet supports lie in a first plane and the sheet supports and sheet guides define a sheet transport path for moving sheets in a sheet transport direction. A pivotable sheet support extends from an upstream end of the lower deck and has at least one surface lying in a second plane. The pivotable sheet support is pivotable from a first position in which the second plane forms a first angle with the first plane and a second position in which the second plane forms a second angle with the first plane, the second angle being different than the first angle.